Oartkidge loading machine



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J. LQM OTT, Jr. CARTRIDGE LOADING MACHINE.

No. 304,120. Patented Aug. 26, 1884.

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Patented Aug. 26, 1884.

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, v t J. L. MOTT, Jr.

GARTRIDGE LOADING MAGHINE.

L NrTnD- STATES:

JORDAX L. MOTT, JR,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CARTRIDGE-LOADING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters P atent No. 304,120, dated August 26, 1884.

, Application filed March 24, 1884. (No model.)

To (bl 5 whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JORDAN L. Morr, Jr., of the city and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Cartridge-Loading Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The presentis a modification of and improve ment upon the machine patented by me August 28, 1883, No. 283,80l; and it relates to the changeable devices for adapting the machine to the removal of spent primers from the cartridgecases and the insertion of new primers, the ramming of the powder, and the closing in of the end of the cartridge-case.

In the drawings, Figure 1' is a side view. Fig. 2 is a front view, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan below the line x 00. Fig. 4 is a section, in about full size, of the cap-extractor. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the loader. Fig. 6 is an inverted plan of the crimper forv closing the cartridge. Fig. 7 is a section of the wad-cutter, and Fig. 8 is a section at y 3 Fig. 2. Fig. 9 is a plan of ,the guide 0.

The standard A is provided with a baseplate, B, and a clamping-screw, O, by which the machine may be attached to a table or other support. Upon the standard A there are the guides C C, for the vertical sliding rod 1), the upper part of which is polygonal, so as to be guided in the part c as it is moved up and down 5 but this polygonal part may be drawn above the guide U and partially turned, so that the rod 1) will be held in an elevated position. The lower part of the rod l.) is round. Upon this rod 1) there is a stock, '1, having a hole for the rod D to pass 1h rough, and a screw, 3, for clamping thestoek. Arms or studs project laterally from this stock, and carry the rollers I. There are a shaft, ll, crank H, and cams G, similar to those in my aforesaid patent, for acting upon the rollers and raising the rod D and the implementattached thereto, and when the cams clear the rollers the spring L, that is connected with the studs M M, causes the rod D and implcment to descend. with a blow.

The feature of improvement in this part of my invention relates to the stock l'-*-, lhal carries the rollers I, and is adjustable verl ically upon the rod D. \Vhen this is raised, the cams will not lift the rod as far and the blow will be less, and the reverse when the stock is lowered upon the rod for increasing the blow of the implement.

I provide a cap-extractor, P, with a punch, a, at the lower end, and with a hole and female screw at' the upper end, so that it can be screwed directly to the lower end of the rod D, and used for forcing out a spent cap when force of the blow in ramming the powder will be regulated.

There is a bevel-pinion, S, upon the shaft H, gearing into a pinion, S", upon the shaft T, that is supported at top and bottom in the bracket-bearings L Lfland upon this shaft T there is a wheel. V".

The crimper is made as a pinion, W, having a lower recessed end, that is of a size to receive the upper end of the cartridge-case a", and there are nubs or burnishers 5 5 5 in the inside of this recess,that act upon the cartridge case at the end, to press it inwardly or crimp it over and around the end wad to hold'the same into the cartridge. This pinion W1s adapted to gear with the wheel V and tore. ceive motion therefrom, and the cylindrical portion ol'the rod D supports this pinion while it is being pressed upon the end of the cartridgeease, and revolved to crimp the cartridge-case.

Upon reference to Fig. 2, it will be seen that the stock \V" is screwed upon the shank of the pinion W, and that this stock W is clamped to the rod 1) and may remain stationary, the lower end of the square part of D passing into the square recess (shown at 14 in the section, Fig. 8, and plan, Fig. 9) at the upper surface of the bracket 0, and the screw 0" can be used to clamp and hold this red D. If the pinion W is now revolved, so as to unscrew it, in the stock the crimper will descend and press upon the end of the cartridge and crimp or close the end thereof. The reverse movement crin pedyl employ the willserew'the. pinion upout of the way, so as to remove one cartridge and insert another. I

In order to support the cartridge-and prevent the-case turning while the end-is being j bridge-piece N, that restsatit's ends in recesses inthebed B,- and it is provided with inclined holding-'edgesat 6 6,1with which the periphery of the metallic 1 cartridge-head comes into contact as pressure rois applied to the upper end, a-nd these holders ;.act-lil e.1knives to catch the edge of the case 1 sun prevent the sa-Ih'e'turning while the crim per is. .,operated. 'This bridge-piece N is lifted out of the recessed bed when the cartridge is be i 15, in'g-decapped, capp d, filled, or rammed.

hTliecutting-block 'tis provided with ascrew, that its lower side, passing through a hole in thefbedB and' a nut, t,-'clamps the'same to .'place. The wad-cutter u is provided with a 2o bridge that screws 111 01 the lower end of the rodiD. By this device pastebo'ard wads can be cutout by one or more blows given by the rod D audits actuating mechanism. It is to be understood that when the machine is in use for crimping the cartridge-case the ;india rubberspringsLshould be removed from the studs M'Mf.

I claim as my invention, 7 j 1'. The combination, with the standard A, 3o.rod .D', crank 11,, shaft, and cams, of the stock 1, through which the rod D passes, the rollers carried by such stock, and the clamping-screw or attaching the same to the rod- D, substantially as set forth. 1 The combination, with the standard A, 10,1 the rod D, passing through guides in the standard, the shaft H,the bevel-gears S up'on the same, theshaft T, wheel V and pinion smit am; a; iss W; sfiiiporta x by the wanes-a j'gearing intothe-wheelVi, 0

and a burnishe'r,1;5,-withinfthei recess in such 7 pinion W, substantiallyas set arom 3. The combination, vwith theistandard A I and rod D, passing .throughguides upon the standard, of a eartridge'fcrimper,WY, formed .45

as a pinion with teeth around it,and reeessedin its lower face, and haying burnishe'rs f), and

ahole in its upper surface forvthe receptiolrof theloweriend offthe= rod'lj), bywhich it is guided and pressed while being revolved,'sub- "stantially asset forth. I

v 4.;The combination, with the crimper W and its screwshank, of the stock W-, screwed upon the same, the rod D, and means for'h'olding thestock stationary,and the wheel V, for revolving the crimper W, for the'purposes and substantially as set forth.

The combination, with the. cartridgec'rimper W and means for revolving the same, of the standard A, rod D, to guide the crimper, the base B, recessed, and the bridge N, introduced into such recesses, and provided with the holding-'edgesafor the cartridge-case, substantially as specified. I

'6. The combination, with the standard A and rod D, of the recessed base B, the cuttingblock i the screw passing through the base for. attaching the same, and th'c'wad-cutter haying a'screw-bridge'for connecting the same to the rod D, substantially as specified. 7o Signed by me this 15th day of March, A. D.

" JORDAN L. MOTT, JR.

\Vitnesses:

' GEOLGrGOELL-ER,

E. CLINTON SMITH. 

